portate

[Lat. port at us, pa. par. of por to Her.: Applied to a cro placed bend-wise in an escutcheon, that is, lying as if carried on a person's shoulder. *pört-a-tive, *port-a-tife, adj . [ Fr.port at if . ] Portable. IMG:content-1357.png:[blocks in formation] *pört-ěd, a . [English port (5), s.; -ed.] Having pör-tend', v.t. & i . [Lat. portendo =to foretell, from por- (=0. Lat. port -)=toward, and ten do to stretch forth.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-1358.png:[blocks in formation] *por-ten-sion, s . [PORTEND.] The act of portending, foreboding, or foretokening. "The red comets do carry the por tensions of Mars." Browne : Vulgar Errors , ch. xiv.